live from atlanta, this is cnn saturday morning. it is may 18th. good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. starting off with some key news to tell you about, the ntsb, those investigators, right now, on the site of a harrowing commuter train crash in connecticut. we're live on the scene with the latest on a possible cause and the conditions of the injured. reality sets in for people in a texas town, just decimated by a killer swath of tornadoes. we're on the ground as residents clean up and try to salvage anything that is left. wanna-be millionaires have just hours left to snatch up tickets for the largest ever powerball drawing, the jackpot, $600 million and it is growing,

folks. let's begin with this. ntsb investigators have a very tough job ahead of them, searching for the cause of the train crash in southwestern connecticut. dozens of people were injured when the two passenger trains collided during rush hour yesterday. it created a nightmare situation for commuters and a lot of victims, a lot of injuries. our national correspondent susan candiotti is on the scene. good morning to you, susan. tell us what is happening now. i understand the ntsb is having a press conference as we speak. >> they are, and some key information we're getting right off the top, poppy. we now know that three people remain in critical condition. but the vast majority, the vast majority of passengers who were injured as a result of these two trains colliding have now been released from hospital. that news coming to us from the governor of the state of connecticut saying that, while 70 people were taken to hospital, a large majority of them have now been released. three remain in critical

condition. a big job ahead of them as they try to figure out how this happened at the height of rush hour. a little after 6:00 on friday night, as at least 250 passengers on these two trains, about 60 miles north of new york city, collided in a town of bridgeport, connecticut. one of them, two commuter trains, eastbound train hit by a westbound train, according to the national transportation safety board. they already -- those investigators have arrived on site. they are looking at a number of different factors here including were the brakes working, were the wheels working properly, what was the condition of the track, was there a problem with the signaling system, what about the operators of the train, how did this possibly happen? i can tell you this, i hope we have this -- these interviews ready to go, for passengers on board the train, it was frightening.

>> all of a sudden, we hear boom and then we saw, like, smoke everywhere. and i just focused on my two kids, just hugging them and embracing them. >> the little bit i seen, people flew over people. i almost flew over the seat. i held on and -- but i'm okay. most people are just hurt, though. >> we went to the front of the train and kicked out some windows and got off the train. >> it is going to take a little while to investigate, to determine what happened, how fast they were going and to determine the cause. it is going to take quite some time. >> so while this investigation is going on, the investigators are saying this will take them at minimum a number of days before they might be able to resume service. they can't put a timetable on it. can't be precise. and the main problem is that you only have two track going in either direction at this time because coincidentally they have construction work going on involving bridges in the area.

they're not saying whether that has anything at all to do with what happened and the fact that it -- it left them with no alternative to take. for the time being, while the investigation is going on, while the tracks are cleared, service is expected to be out at least several days according to authorities here. >> we're going to let you get back to the press conference so you can bring us the latest as soon as you have it. thank you so much for your reporting. some frightening moments for passengers aboard a plane this morning. this is a russian passenger plane, carrying about 140 people. it caught fire as it landed in moscow. the wheels there caught fire. and investigators believe the fire started in the boeing 737's left landing gear. luckily no one was injured. the plane's passengers included a member of a russian pop band, but, again, pretty dramatic video. quick exit from the plane, but no injuries. want to take you to north korea where this morning just hours ago north korea launched three short range guided

missiles into the sea off the korean peninsula. that's according to south korea's semiofficial news agency. now, this launch, to be clear here, appears to be a routine test of some short range technical weapons. but there was no warning apparently given out before this. and tensions, of course, were very high in the region, not long ago. but have i ddiminished some sin then. to texas now and people wondering what do we do next? their neighborhoods are pretty much destroyed. they were leveled by a series of 16 tornadoes. town of granbury, texas, 40 miles southwest of ft. worth, absolutely devastated. six people dead. the rest counting their blessings. >> once we were in the shower, in the tub, i just -- we huddled over everybody and i had my eyes closed. we were all praying. it was just -- it was awful. it was -- the scariest feeling.

i was worried about my kids. it was just an awful thing to experience. >> nick valencia there this morning. nick that woman in tears talking about worrying about her kids, feeling helpless, when something like this happens and comes on. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: the objective word, poppy, is unimaginable. we're here by the neighborhood devastated by the ef-4 tornado. this is where they're lining up to get permits here to re-enter their homes. some people have little if anything to go back to at all. they had a line, 300 to 400 people. they moved them inside. we'll bring in steve berry, the county commissioner, in charge of all this. steve -- >> i'm one of many in charge of this. the elc moved up here this morning, the emergency operations center. all these volunteer groups moved

up had heere. what we're doing is we're going to do a shot inside momentarily, we're going to line people up. we're getting their information. the green tag will get them back in. we're starting a re-entry plan to get folks back in. we have an eight-day curfew today, we'll re-evaluate and let them when to come back in tomorrow. we're letting them get pack in so they can start go through and dig through. no residents have been back in. now they look for family belongings, personal belongings, that kind of stuff. we'll try to go from there. when you're inside today what we hope for is you register with the red cross and other volunteer organizations so we start to get funding and start to get assistance trickles down, you'll be on their list. >> we were there together doing the media tour with governor rick perry as he toured the devastation, the community of rancho brasos was obliterated. how long of a wait should people expect if they come here? >> the line is starting to speed

up. this morning at 9:00 we opened the door at 10:00, we're putting them in the hallway, out of the hot sun and into the air conditioning with bathroom facilities. we hope to be done by noon. we'll still be set up to get people in and maybe didn't hear about it. but the line is moving fairly quickly. hopefully, you know, your wait won't be more than an hour or two. >> inside, that is the community of rancho -- that's what's left of it. dozens of people waiting to find out if their belongings are still there, if their homes are still standing. not sure what they're going to go back to. they know most of it won't be very good. haunting stories of survival. i spoke to the seven people presumed missing, the family, the rodriguez family, not sure if they wanted to join us on camera. they did speak to us saying they were trapped under rubble and debris. they spoke to cnn. they said thank god they're alive and happy to be alive today. >> thank goodness they are alive. six people lost their lives down there.

nick, thank you. on to a lighter story. a story a lot of folks are talking about today. lotto, $600 million. if you want a shot at winning that, you have about 12 hours to get a ticket. it is the biggest jackpot in powerball history. the second biggest lottery prize ever. lisa desjardins is live in washington. did you go out and get your ticket? earlier we were talking about what the odds really are. >> reporter: yeah, i've got my ticket right here. and the bad news for me and for other people like me is i'm not going to win. i will admit it. these are the odds, poppy. 1 in 175 million. long odds. but here's is the thing about the powerball. that's not the number the people are focusing on. they're focusing on this number. $600 million. that's how much someone could win if they get a single jackpot winner tonight. we'll go inside and meet a guy who just pulled up.

look at this. double parking to get powerball. and this man just bought his tickets. with me is -- how many did you get in. >> i bought four tickets. >> you just did the random pick or do you have numbers? >> completely random. >> tell me why. do you do this every time? >> i rarely play. i rarely play the lottery. $600 million, second largest jackpot in u.s. history. why not take a stab at it. >> i know you've been thinking about this. what are you going to do when you win this? >> i'll live the good life. >> what does that mean? >> buying -- paying off my debt buying a house, investing in my parents -- kids' future, all those things. >> do you feel like you know the odds are long, right? but you to feel like you might win? >> you always feel good. you don't play if you don't think you have the slightest chance. >> all right, well, thanks a lot. good luck. cool. so, yeah, people are playing because they think they're going to win. the odds are long.

but i guess you have to get the right ticket, right? >> absolutely. and, by the way, if no one wins tonight, wednesday's drawing, close to $1 billion. $925 million, i think it is. when i go home and have the ticket, and i'm looking at the numbers and i don't win, i'm like, gosh, i can't believe i didn't win. i think everyone has that feeling, so unrealistic, but we all love to play. lisa desjardins joining us live now. thanks, lisa. we haven't heard from o.j. simpson or hadn't heard from him in years. until now. we're going to show you what he said on the stand in his latest trial. also, gunshots, stolen jewels, all part of the movie mix at the cannes film festival. only this time, the drama was not playing itself out on the silver screen, it was playing out in real life. we're going to tell you what happened. [ female announcer ] love. it's the most powerful thing on the planet.

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stand. >> in his bid to get a new trial, he watched attentively as his new attorney scrutinized the advice and actions of his former attorney, yale galanter. prosecutors called him to take the stand to rebut claims that he failed to reasonably represent simpson in the 2008 kidnapping and robbery trial and that his appeal to the nevada supreme court. >> from my point of view, i wanted to do everything that i could possibly do to give o.j. a shot at getting released. >> reporter: galanter told the court he was fond of simpson and thought the conviction was unfair, but in heated cross examination by one of simpson's attorneys -- >> this man put his interest, his financial interests above the interests of his client. >> reporter: galanter, several times, got testy. >> my testimony is my testimony. ask me what the question is. i've already testified as to my knowledge of the rules. what's your question? just, you know, like you said, it was a flat fee. on page four, line 14, it says

it was -- >> want me to read the flat fee? >> read page four. >> you only paid him 15, you're telling us you paid him 25,000. >> reporter: simpson's team pressed on, claiming galanter was cagey about expenses through the trial, shorting or even not paying some colleagues to pocket as much of simpson's money as possible. earlier this week, o.j. simpson even took the stand to accuse galanter of giving him bad legal advice, claiming his then attorney told him he could confront two men who he believed had stolen property from him the day before the incident happened. >> what was his advice to you regarding the entire plan? >> that if they didn't give me the stuff, you have to call the police. >> okay. >> and that's what i told everybody involved, that if they don't give it to him -- >> so at the time you're leaving the palace station room, were you aware of any use or display of weapons? >> no. >> during the incident?

>> no, not at all. >> reporter: with his former attorney now on the spot, galanter revealed when pressed that simpson did admit to him he did know guns were present. galanter also refuted claims that he failed to tell simpson about a plea deal that could have resulted in less time in prison because the discussions about a deal didn't go anywhere. and he said/he said debate over what could have or should have happened, galanter held firm. >> the truth of the matter is when you look at the entire trial, i don't think i could have fought harder, done more or -- i mean, i really did. i put every ounce of blood, sweat and soul i had into defending him. >> reporter: george howell, cnn, las vegas, nevada. well, sounds of gunfire and a jewelry heist not unusual on a screen at the cannes film festival. but this time the drama very real. a man was arrested after firing a gun loaded with blanks during a live television interview there at the film

the chaos sent oscar-winning actor christoph waltz running for cover. the suspect who authorities are not identifying right now allegedly also had a dummy grenade. luckily no injuries were reported. and if that wasn't exciting enough, jewels worth more than $1 million were stolen from a hotel room in cannes at the film festival. atika shubert has the details. >> reporter: chopard is the name in bling at the cannes film festival. they not only drape the rich and fame ous in diamonds, it make the coveted 24 karat gold palme d'or award. french police say the jewels were stashed in the hotel safe of the chopard employee. thieves gained access and unscrewed the safe and took it off the wall. >> there is an investigation under way, so we cannot allege

the value of the pieces stolen is far lower than those in the figure circulating in the media. the jewelry stolen are not part of the collection of the jewels that are worn by actresses during the cannes film festival. >> paris hilton is hosting a party in vegas tonight. >> reporter: the jewels were stolea stolen at the same time that the bling ring was premiering at cannes. twitter buzzed with speculation of a p rcht stunt, but french police say this heist is for real. >> so many beautiful things. >> reporter: cannes is a massive showcase for glamour. a-listers flaunt tens of millions of dollars in clothing and jewels every single day of the festival. it seems that also makes it a tempting target for thieves. atika shubert, cnn, london. hip-hop in libya? yeah. only two years after the fall of gadhafi, anthony bourdain

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>> after i heard what they were doing for the people that didn't finish and then researched a little bit on what kind of -- what the marathon was for, it kind of just made sense to do something because it is just something special, you know, to be part of something like this. >> reporter: it has been a tough year in the running community. two premiere competitions were swept up in events far bigger than any sport. the new york marathon was canceled in the wake of superstorm sandy. >> it is with incredibly heavy hearts today, tonight, that we share that the best way to help new york city at this time is to say that we will not be conducting the 2012 ing new york city marathon. boston, the most renowned marathon in the nation, ended in a national tragedy. >> i don't understand why anyone would want to do anything like this. it is just a world sport. it is a world spirit. >> reporter: but other states invited those who didn't finish in massachusetts to run in their

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>> reporter: the irs, benghazi, the ap phone records, you know it's been a bad week when you get this question. >> how do you feel about comparisens by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the nixon administration? >> reporter: in historic terms, how bad of a week was this? >> it was a bad week for obama. >> reporter: we asked historian alan nicken in hman how the pres problems compare, as bad as watergate? >> i did not take part in or knew about the subsequent cover-up activity. >> reporter: iran/contra. >> an old saying nothing spreads so quickly as a rumor. >> reporter: how about monica lewinsky? >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: okay. so obviously there have been plenty of presidential scandals in the past. you already knew that. let's get past this 101 and dig a little deeper. it is rare, but president obama is not the only president to have faced tr more

scandals at once. >> late in his term, truman had a quadruple whammy affecting him. he had scandals involving bribery, among white house officials. he had scandals involving corruption in the tax bureau, in the treasury. >> reporter: within a few months in 1951 and 1952, all of this happened, the korean war went south, harry truman's top aide was caught trying to buy influence, the president fired a popular general, and a massive bribery scandal engulfed the irs. yes, the irs. his approval numbers plummeted, but none of that is remembered about truman today. >> scandals are way overblown in their political effect. everyone thinks, my god, it is going to be another watergate, it is going to bring down the president. it is going to damage his party permanently. almost no scandals do that. >> reporter: what does make a scandal permanent? well, lickman says two things. when there is proof that a president is directly involved,

and when his own party starts speaking against him. lisa desjardins, cnn, washington. people are lining up at gas stations and grocery stores grab a powerball ticket before tonight's drawing. why? because the jackpot is $600 million right now. it is the second biggest lottery jackpot in history. and ticket sales could drive it higher before the drawing. get this, if no one wins tonight, that jackpot could go over $900 million by wednesday. coming up, a cnn exclusive, bernie madoff talks from prison to our own aaron smith of cnn money. the swindler took $17.5 billion from investors. hear what his tipping point was straight ahead. ó?

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well, the man behind the multibillion dollar deception that frauded more than 2100 victims out of a lot of money says he feels regret for what he did. we're talking about bernie madoff. he spoke exclusively to cnn money's aaron smith from a federal prison in north carolina. aaron told me about their phone conversation that started off by madoff calling collect. >> his biggest regret, is most definitely the death of his oldest son mark. mark committed suicide on december 11th, 2010, the second anniversary of his father's arrest. and the first thing madoff said to me was that he feels terrible about his son's death, and he feels responsible for it. and, he also said that it bothers him a great deal he's

disconnected from his family. he mentioned that he was married for 50 years to his wife ruth, and he doesn't seem to have any contact with his surviving son andrew. >> this is all about him, but when about all of the lives he really, really, really harmed, the victims. i remember when this story broke, talking to one in minnesota who had just lost tons and tons and a victim on next who says they have been decimated by this. did he talk about that? >> he did. he mentioned he feels bad about the victims and as you know he has -- he victimized thousands of people. he's believed to have stolen $17.5 billion, though he did dispute that number when he spoke to me. he said it was actually more like $9 billion. but he says he feels bad about, you know, the fact he victimized all these people. at the same time he said that, he also sort of shifted the blame to three investors who he said should have helped him out more back in 1987 when there was the stock market crash that he basically blames for being the

impetus for his ponzi scheme. one of these people, by the way, jeffrey, he says he feels responsible for his fatal heart attack in 2009. >> one of the interesting things that you got to hear is how does he sound? >> he sounded very calm and collected. he is quite obviously an intelligent man with a lot of knowledge in wall street. and he basically sounded very reassuring, and i could easily see how people would get taken in by him, because he basically is very convincing. and he -- to tell you the truth, he comes across as kind of a nice guy. and he also uses a lot of wall street jargon. and i could see how people would be convinced that this is the man, you know. you give your money to him and he'll take care of you. >> well, one of madoff's victims is now reacting to this interview that he did with aaron smith, saying that bernie madoff

is still not fully owning up to what he did. mike devita is one of the authors -- is the author of "the club no one wanted to join." madoff victims in their own words. he says he lost his life savings to this scheme, and he spoke earlier by phone to us. >> why would bernie continue to call the press? why is he at a point in his life where he just can't be quiet? the thing that aaron talked about that really bothered me is he continues to blame others for what happened here. certainly i guess my perspective on this is that bernie madoff was nothing more than a name on a sheet of paper for me. i had never met any of the madoffs, never spoken to anyone, purely by reputation and i saw what he was doing. my preference, i guess, at this point is that bernie just remained quiet until he was released from prison. i guess he has an ego which is so large at this point that is simply has to stay in the news,

he has to continue to talk about this, continue to blame people for something that frankly from my perspective he did this and he's the only one that did. >> well, the $17.5 billion swindled away $5.4 billion have been repaid to victims so far. another $700 million has been spent on lawyers and consultants working to recover that money. beyonce or her pr team reportedly not happy with some pictures photojournalists took during her world tour and he had is taking interesting steps to prevent it from happening again. we're going to open our lens on the controversy. that's next. twenty-five thousand mornings, give or take, is all we humans get. we spend them on treadmills. we spend them in traffic. and if we get lucky, really lucky, it dawns on us to go spend them in a world where a simple sunrise can still be magic.

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singer beyonce and photojournalists are not seeing things the same way right now. the superstar's team banned them from covering her world tour after less flattering photos, though i would think beyonce looks pretty good, showed up of her on several online sites.

my colleague victor blackwell and joey romain on what their take is. >> we believe the press should have independent access. now, beyonce is perfectly within her rights to set up whatever kind of prudential she would like to do and many other celebrities did the same thing and said, look, we don't want the press there. this is just for our fans. it appears she wants it both ways. she wants the coverage. she wants to put out her images. and she wants the press to use those. and that's the thing that we have the problem with. and unfortunately as we just saw by you putting off the pictures that she actually objects to, we think it has been having the reverse effect, organizations have decided those are the pictures they're going to run

with her concert review. and what we would suggest is that if she wants press coverage, she allows the press to cover her events. >> joey, nicky says this is going to create backlash. does this hurt the beyonce brand? >> no. the beyonce brand is beyond reproach. you're talking about a superstar, talking about a super mom and now someone who is super real. fans don't like bans, but she stands for something much bigger. she stands for women's empowerment. and she's been there, helping women sing their story, dance their story. i think this is -- i think this is a key moment for her. and actually sparks a bigger conversation about the media and the cr the camera ready world. >> if she stands for something so great, and women's empowerment around the world, doesn't it seem petty? >> absolutely petty. i actually ask a question, is this the publicist speaking or

beyonce? publicists love to handle their superstars. i think it might be a good idea to look at the strategy, the public relations strategy and say, you know what, those pictures are pretty good. everyone in my office wants to be beyonce. my assistant wants her hair, the strategist wants her leg, some men want her muscles. everybody wants to be beyonce. >> let's put up the picture, one where she's really muscular. i was saying tina turner had that body during the '70s and never said please don't take a picture of my well toned body on stage. >> the press photographer's association sent a letter to beyonce's representative asking them to change their policy. so far they say they haven't received a response. angelina jolie has gone public with her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy. we're going to take a closer look at the company that has a monopoly on the genetic test to detect gene mutations that point to an increased risk of breast

cancer. that's ahead. anthony bourdain heads to libya this week where he gets a taste of fast food and bonds with a troop of boy scouts there. the food is called uncle kentucky fried chicken. >> got kids? this is supposed to be the biggest, fanciest new hotel development in town. and like a lot of the newer structures, they pretty much stopped when they started to pull down the government. there are a lot of cranes building nothing at the moment. a lot is just sort of frozen as everybody figures out what happens next. let's wait and see. it is one of many moments of unexpected weirdness in libya. mosque, the frozen wait and see hotel, and pickup truck with militia looking at us. meanwhile, right over there, there are -- they are playing rod stewart, do you think i'm

sexy, to an amusement park full of kids. makes no sense at all. vaguely encouraging way. >> fascinating. you can see bourdain's trip to libya tomorrow night here on cnn at 9:00. that's anthony bourdain, parts unknown, every sunday night here on cnn. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours.

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headlines around the world. angelina jo lee underwent a double mastectomy after a genetic test showed she had the gene of giving her 87% of getting breast cancer. the news put her front and center. it's not a big player in the big picture, but it has patents on the genes. when mutated those genes are linked to increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer. they have a monopoly on the test. >> we believe that gene patents of this nature decrease access to testing for our patients. and the lack of competition in testing increases costs, decreases quality. >> dr. roger cline is challenging myriad all the way

to the supreme court. >> the problem with patenting the human gene is you're patenting a fundamental property of an individual. >> they declined our request for an on camera interview, but what it patented are synthetic molecules that do not exist in the human being. the question at the heart of the case is this. can genes or synthetic genes be patented or are they products of nature that shouldn't be owned by anyone? >> this case is such a big deal because so many people think the future of medicine is genetics. and how the law regards genes and synthetic genes will dictate how and whether companies invest to find new cures. >> myriad invested $500 million over 17 years in the project. that investment is paying off. it's analysis test costs up to

$4,000 often covered by insurance and made up 82% of the company's revenue in fiscal 2012. the company's profit, $112 million. biotech analyst steve brozach have followed them for a decade. >> are they going to stop researchers from using their work? no, but if someone tries to do what they are doing, they have to be protected. >> patenting genes hasn't prevented research. others disagree. >> we're at the cusp of the introduction of new technologies and certainly these patents can do nothing but obstruct the introduction of those technologies. >> battling it out in the supreme court right now, we should have a decision by the end of june from the high court. but important to note here. experts say only 5 to 10% of women in the general population actually have this gene mutation. so not a big percent, but they

do 250,000 of these test a year. if a person qualifies for the test but are uninsured or can't afford it, mooer yyriad said th would reduce the cost for those people if they qualify for the test. this is interesting one to follow. >> it's fascinating. and it is the tip of the the iceberg. >> so many companies are doing this now. >> you have a lot coming up. >> disney, like going there, fun, yes, huge lines. so what if you can go to disney and avoid the lines? we're going to talk with somebody who is a so-called whistleblower who says there are people out there she calls them members of the tribe. the 1% group who have found a way to cut lines, avoid the lines by kind of cozying up with families of disabled people. there's a price that comes with that. we're going to talk about that.

and then powerball. how do you increase the odds of winning? sometimes people use numbers from birthdays or anniversaries. so we're going to have a guest in the 4:00 hour who will say this is how you'll increase chances. and grizzlie bears, what it's like inside the mouth of a grizzlie bear. >> looking forward to that. >> there it is. you'll see more of it later on. >> wouldn't want to have the photographer shooting that video. >> it's fascinating. straight ahead, a university professor murdered. his wife murdered as well. that killing has reopened a cold case with an eerie connection to a medical school possibly. we'll have that story straight ahead.

the latest killings occurred just this past week and there are possible links to another double killing in the same area are chilling. >> reporter: 65-year-old dr. roger was in the process of retiring from the department of pathology at creighton university. on tuesday he and his wife mary were found dead inside their home. flashback to 2008, 11-year-old thomas hunter and shirley sherman were also found dead in a family home connected to creighton. he was the son of two doctors. his father worked with dr.

brumback as a pathologist. her brother like many others in omaha believes there's a good chance the same person killed all four people. >> if it was anybody other than somebody that works in the pathology department at creighton, you wouldn't even give it a second thought. the reality that they could be connected. >> reporter: police found the bodies after a piano mover saw mary and a handgun magazine through a door left open at their house. why someone would kill the brumbacks is a mystery. >> when i heard the news last night, i was literally shaken. why would anyone want to harm them? >> reporter: police are keeping the details of the murders under seal while they investigate. the university says since the murders they are taking extra security precautions. medical students wore their white coats to a prayer service in honor of dr. brumback. >> he always wore his white coat. when i imagine him, he's wearing

his white coat. that's just a tribute to his professionalism and his dedication to the trade. >> reporter: we're not getting a lot of information out of the omaha police department. however, we have learned the team that's investigating the 2008 murder has joined with the detectives that have been assigned to the brumbacks murder. clearly they believe there's a good chance the two are related. ted rolands, cnn, chicago. >> that does it it for me. investigators are peeling back the wreckage from two commuter trains trying to find out what caused that terrible collision. we'll go live to the scene in a moment. and the irs scandal is just one of the problems facing the obama white house. could there be legal fallout? our legal guys will be weighing in. and did you already get your powerball ticket? the drawing for the $600 million jackpot is tonight and everyone wants a shot at it. but what are your odds?

we begin with that devastating commuter train crash in connecticut. ntsb investigators are now on the scene. the collision last night injured dozens of people and it's creating quite the night -- nightmare for commuters. susan, what is happening there right now? >> reporter: investigators from the national transportation safety board are on site and they are fanning out to take a closer look at this accident scene, which they said covers about 200 yards or so, so the length of two football fields. we're talking about two commuter trains. one going eastbound from new york heading to new haven, connecticut, and the other one going in the opposite direction. the first one derailed a little after 6:00 in the evening at the height of rush hour on friday night when that accident happened. they are trying to determine what caused it.

of course, a number of passengers were injured. 250 passengers between the two trains. 70 people were hospitalized. the good news is the vast majority have been released from the hospital. three remain in critical condition. here are some of the things that the national transportation safety board is taking a look at as possible reasons for the crash. >> we'll be looking at the braking performance of the train, the condition of wheels, condition of the car, we'll be looking at the general condition of the track and the rail bed. >> reporter: still a lot of work to be done. so many possible causes. they don't know how long it will take. they are also talking about when the trains derailed, one thing that slowed them down is the twisted metal broke apart. but they were slowed down by the gravel they had to go through. so things could have been much worse. they are also saying that you can imagine these lines are so

popular they don't know how much time it's going to take and how long the lines will be out of service by the time investigators get their work done. how long it will take for commuters to get their service back online between new york and boston. >> susan, what are some of the things they are looking into as to how this happened in the first place? >> reporter: as the investigator was telling you, they are looking at the braking system. they are looking at the possibility of human failure. they will be talking to passengers to see what they might have heard and seen. there might have been braking problems on the track. the condition of the track might be in play. they are not discounting anything at this time. the question of foul play came up. they don't know enough yet to rule anything in or out. >> susan candiotti, keep us posted. thank you so much. pretty frightening moments for passengers aboard a plane this morning. a russian plane carrying 140 people caught fire as it landed

in moscow. they believe the fire started in the left landing gear. no one was injured. the passengers included members of a russian pop band. now to news out of north korea. north korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the korean peninsula today. that's according to semi official news agency. the launch appeared to be a routine test of a tactical weapon. tensions have been diminished in the region since last month. and then this in europe. sounds of gunfire and a jewelry heist. they are not unusual at the film festival. however -- >> this time it was not on the silver screen. the drama was reel really. a 43-year-old man was arrested

after firing a gun loaded with blanks during a live television interview. you see folks scattering there. and among the scatter, christoph waltz was running for cover. authorities are not identifying the subpoena. he said he believed in god and wants to change the world. he was examined by a psychiatrist who says he's not mentally ill. this drama comes after jewels worth more than a million dollars were stolen from a hotel room on thursday there during the film festival. if you want a shot at winning $600 million in this country, today is your last day to buy a powerball ticket. it's the biggest jackpot in powerball history and the second biggest lottery prize ever. lisa is live in falls church. you already purchased a ticket. are you feeling lucky?

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welcome back. what took minutes for tornadoes to destroy will take years to rebuild. the people in granbury, texas, face a long road ahead as they also mourn the death of six people there. people started lining up to get permits to go back to their homes. nick valencia is live for us. the biggest needs now are what? >> reporter: getting people back into the community to see what's left. we're outside of the church of christ where hundreds of people lined up earlier this morning to get the permits that allow them to go back into the neighborhood. this ef-4 tornado hovered right over that community and completely obliterated. we have been hearing haunting stories of survival, but none more haunting than the 17-year-old of dylan whitehead who said the tornado picked him

up in the air and he thought he was taking his last breath. >> i was in the air. i was about 20, 30 feet up in the air. >> the tornado picked you up? >> yes. i opened my eyes and see all the debris flying around me. a piece of wood hit me in head. i was doing somersaults on the ground. i tried to run away from it. it it kept on dragging me. i kept on getting hit by stuff. something pushed me down to the ground. i got knocked out. i woke up and i pulled the debris off me and started running away. the wind was still dragging me down. i finally got away from it. i looked back at the tornado and -- it was unreal. >> reporter: dylan said he was lucky to be alive. his story is not too unsimilar

from the stories we have been hearing from other residents who had homes flattened. we also talked to the seven people who were presumed missing. they spoke to me earlier. they didn't tonight go on camera, but they are lucky to be alive. they were one of first people out of the neighborhood, which is why people couldn't get in touch with them. they are and only have the clothes on their back. they have nothing to go back to. >> unbelievable. i'm still fascinated by dylan's story. do you know anymore about how it was he was swept up? was he outside? inside his home? what about other family members? >>. >> reporter: dylan was outside at the time of the tornado. he saw the hail. he saw the clouds sort of shift and start to swirl. he tried to go back inside and that's when the tornado picked him up. he couldn't get out of the tornado's grasp. he was finally able to come back

to consciousness. he was hit with a piece of wood and he was able to reconnect with family members. his mother was alongside of him while he was doing that interview. he suffered very serious injuries. a broken foot, he was in crutches. stitches to his left and you saw the black eyes. he saws that blank stare going through shock still. a lot of the residents are going through the same thing. >> that's extraordinary. even given what he's been through, he is one to consider himself lucky given that six people died. thanks so much. nick valencia, appreciate that. the upper midwest, it it might be next. severe weather is expected from that same system that generated the texas tornadoes or at least one tornado perhaps. then in the south, this is the scene in ardmore, alabama. it may have been a tornado that uprooted those trees.

let's check in with alexandria steele. are we talking about the same system or two separate trajectories there? >> there's some separate situations. we have a robust atmosphere. it looks like this could be the greatest tornado in terms of the number of tornadoes this year. it's been a quiet year in terms of tornadoes. we saw strong tornadoes the other day, but in terms of the amount, this could be the most we have seen. so here's a look a the radar. a couple different things happening. this is not the aqua dron of concern for the tornadoes today. but we have had an awful lot of flooding throughout alabama. especially around birmingham this morning. now farther west, it's the plains today and plains and upper midwest tomorrow. that will see the threat for tornadoes. most likely tomorrow. some strong tornadoes. but it's along this i-35 corridor. let me delineate the day and

show you how it will coming to. here are the ingredients we haven't had so far this season. a lot of warm, moist air from southeast. we haven't had dew points, which is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air, in the 70s where they are now and will be for the next few days. that's ingredient number one. we also have this upper level feature, which will be incredibly robust. so we have about 50 mile per hour winds at about 5,000 feet coming in from the southwest. this warm, moist air coming in at the surface. with that is a dry line. that's where we're going to see the tornadoes fire up. here's the concern today. it's western kansas, central nebraska, west of i-35. 7 million people impacted today. 20 million tomorrow along i-35. so you can see delineated from sioux city to omaha, kansas city, des moines, wichita, that's where we'll see strong tornadoes most likely. so for today, large hail, damaging winds. here's the delineation where

we'll see them today. tornadoes likely. and tomorrow, farther eastward. strong tornadoes. this really looks like the biggest tornado outbreak we have seen this season. finally everything coming together. really a scary scenario. 30 million people impacted between now and on monday. >> usually we would have seen already a lot more tornadic activity at this juncture. now it's just heating up all of a sudden. >> only 70 tornadoes in april compared to two years ago we had 800 tornadoes in april. so april and may obviously the peak. it's been quiet. now that's not the case as we head towards the next three days. it's really tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow the big show, and then on monday. >> all right, stay tuned and keep close attention. thanks so much. appreciate that. you might want to call it a stormy week for the white house this past week. the irs scandal just one of the problems facing the obama

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a week after the irs admitted it it flagged applications for tax exempt status from groups with conservative-sounding names. the agency's commissioner blamed the problem on overloaded workers, not political targeting. listen to this crucial question that steven miller answered at a hearing yesterday. >> did you ever have any contact either by e-mail, phone or in. person with the white house regarding the targeting of tax exempt groups from 2010 until today? >> absolutely not. >> let's bring in our legal guys. avery freedman is joining us. good to see you.

>> hi, fredricka. >> and richard herman joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. >> hey, fred. >> steven miller resigned this week as acting commissioner, but he still showed up on capitol hill yesterday facing tough questions. you heard his response. miller said that the irs division that handles request for tax exempt status was, in his words, overloaded because of the supreme court's 2010 citizens united decision. explain the correlation there. >> in 2010 the supreme court in that citizens united gave overly broad powers now to corporations and many corporations flooded the irs to get tax exempt status. what the irs did here was really put the screws to certain groups seeki inin ining the status of group is involved with political

activity, you're disqualified. so that was the rational behind the irs and in the end, when the smoke clears here, this is administrative and regulatory. it's not going to rise to criminality despite the tea party waving flags and the republican party getting up in arms over this. >> avery, do you agree these were legitimate questions that were to be asked and perhaps it's not an issue of certain groups being targeted? perhaps it's just an issue of there were more tea party-related groups that flooded the application process? >> convenient. >> they did flood it, but the inspector generals and the investigation showed there was political intervention, significant to use their word. but of the 300 organizations, 70 were tea pearty. i think congress asked the right connection. was there a connection with the

white house. he said no. we heard partisan calls for impeachment which is stunning to me. what the heck? maybe we should do an investigation first. there's a question of whether or not the attorney general can do it. congress is now doing it. call for an independent council. to be honest with you, it's not a bad idea. from a bipartisan perspective, that's the way to go. let's get this cleaned up and tighten up the irs. >> it sounds like both of you are in agreement that this is not criminal. that the words impeachment and jail time being used here might be an overreach. but an independent council is something that would be appropriate. >> i agree. >> what's interesting to know here when the former commissioner testified in july of 20 12 before congress and was asked in 2012 about what was going on here with the tax exempt status and the increase by the irs, he made like he

didn't know. so you know, that's the one. area -- >> that has nothing to do with white house. >> no. i'm not saying the white house. i'm talking about the issue here. >> maybe he's going to face contempt of congress. we'll see. nothing to do with white house. >> there's another issue that i guess is being invited to be part of the process of scandals as related to the white house. we're talking about the federal shield law to be reintroduced to the senate. the president wanting that. he's asking for that after the associated press revealed the justice department had seized some of the the phone records from the ap as part of a national security leak investigation. so avery, explain the shield law and how and why this is appropriate for the president to be requesting. >> it's a long time coming. this is a reaction by president obama to distract from the issue. frankly, this is a constitutional outrage.

you have up to 100 reporters and editors, guardians of the democracy and the department of justice is supposed to notify news outlets before something like this happens. to say we need a shield law. we have been talking about needing a shield law for 20 years. it's overdue. yes, we need it. even with a shield law, there's an exception when dealing with national security. good thing to propose, but it doesn't resolve the issue of justice department's inappropriate behavior with the associated press. absolutely wrong, constitutionally problematic. >> so richard, how else might the department of justice gone about or even the white house go about trying to figure out who is leaking information, if we're talking about national security is at stake and that's a justification for seizing these records? >> in this day in age with what's been going on and especially in light of what just happened up in boston, the

federal government has broad powers to protect the united states and to protect us and avery talked about the exemption. you can have all the shield laws you want. when the government and the white house has that ability to couch their investigation in terms of protecting the united states, they can do it and there's no protection to the citizens. they are going to do it. again, just like in the prior discussion, there will be no criminality here. even though the request was overly broad and maybe never done in history before this broad, nobody is going to have to face any criminality here. >> it was by the rules. >> they didn't do it. >> this is the kind of discussion and debate that's taking place right inside bellway. we're going to have you back in 20 minutes for other topics to

talk about. including that of the jodi arias penalty phase as well as what's going on in the o.j. simpson trial. we're going to talk about the penalty phase in particular. get a load of this. someone sets up a camera in alaska hoping to get an up and close kind of look at a grizzlie bear and, boy, did they get that. maybe too close. we're going to talk about how this came to be and what's to be learned from it. first a trip this sum tore the national parks may reveal the splendor of nature. josh lebs is on the go with details. >> reporter: you can still count on old faithful to be on time, but the rest of your schedule at

yellowstone and other national parks could change this summer. >> the sequestration called for a 5% cut to the national park services budget. part of the savings is going to come in form of 1,000 summer seasonal employees so lacking those employees, visitors will see fewer ranger-guided program that those might have given. or the closure of some facilities one or two days a week. >> reporter: adjusted hours and programs can be found on the national park services website nps.gov. but despite the cuts, there are still special events. >> we will still hold the civil rights events to the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's i have a dream speech at the lincoln memorial. >> reporter: admission will be the same for most parks except for one special day. >> august 25th marks the 97th

birthday of the national park service. we'll mark that day with free admission to all the national parks. so that's a good time to plan for a late summer get away. >> beautiful. you can find out more about the park service cutbacks at cnn.com/travel. the humble back seat.

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the man behind a multibillion dollar deception that defrauded more than 2100 investors tells cnn he feels bad for what he did. we're talking about bernie madoff. he spoke to cnn exclusively from prison in north carolina. madoff said, quote, i live with the remorse, the pain i caused everybody. certainly my family and the victims, end quote. one victim who lost his life savings wishes madoff would just stay silent. mike is one of the authors of "the club no one wanted to

join": madoff victims in their own words. >> why would bernie continue to call the press? why is he at a point in his life where he just can't be quiet? the thing that bothered me is he continues to blame others for what happened here. certainly i guess my perspective on this is that bernie madoff was nothing more than a name on a sheet of paper to me. it was purely by reputation and by the material i saw about what he was doing. my preference, i guess at this point, is he remain quiet until 213 when he's released from prison. i guess he has an ego so large he has to stay in news, he has to continue to talk about this, but he cons to blame other people for something that, frankly from my perspective, he did this and he's the only one who did. >> of the $17.5 billion

swindled, $5.4 billion has been repaid to victims. it's been another good week for u.s. markets. stocks finished higher for the fourth straight week. alison kosik has details. >> another record-seing week for the stock market. the dow closed at record highs. 21 times so far this year the dow has closed at a record high. the s&p ended at a record high. a big milestone for google's stock price. it topped $900 for the first time ever after it announced a new streaming music service to compete with pandora. it it also announced a major upgrade to google maps. google seems to be gaining ground at apple's expense. google shares are up while apple is down 18%. the stock market rally is having a positive effect on consumers. we learned consumer confidence climbed to a six-year high this

month. most of the good feelings are coming from upper income households more likely to be invest invested in stocks. earn frgs some of the top retailers told a different story about u.s. consumers. walmart said sales at stores open at least a year were down 1% last yaert. the retailer said sales were held back by the payroll tax increase that took effect at the beginning of the year and delayed refunds. macy's reported a 20% increase in profit boosted by tighter cost controls and a 3.8% increase in sales. trouble at jcpenney also helped macy's. jc penny had a decline in sales. they closed the books on the ron johnson era. the apple star was fired from jcpenney after his strategy to revamp the department store only made matters worse. the company is looking forward,

not back and also said they are foxed on renewing customer excitement and loyalty. >> thanks so much, alison kosik. they are the hot legal cases everyone has been watching. o.j. simpson taking the stand. can he convince the court to grant hum a new trial? and jodi arias has lost her freedom, but now she will possibly lose her chance to live. the legal guys are back with us right after this. oh, he's a fighter alright. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at ducktherapy.com.

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o.j. simpson back in court. our legal guys are back with me now. avery freedman and richard herman. yale galanter, he's the lawyer who represented o.j. simpson after simpson's run-in with dealers back in 2007. all week long simpson's new lawyers have been trying to get his robbery and kidnapping convictions thrown out on the grounds that galanter bungled the case back in the day. they say he didn't let o.j. testify, didn't pursue a plea bargain, didn't challenge key state evidence and pocketed a half million dollars without hiring a single expert in the case. guys, let's look at this case one more time. richard, are these grounds for a new trial? >> if the grounds are legitimate, maybe a judge would look at it, but everyone who gets convicted uses the

ineffective assistance of counsel as the grounds to appeal it. you need credibility. that's what you need. and this week i'm sure o.j. and his handlers thought he did a good job. that was until yale galanter got on the witness stand and not only refuted everything but told a judge o.j. called him the day after the holdup and said, i know i'm in trouble. i told the guys to bring the guns and it got out of hand. it's over. fred, what happens in vegas, stays in vegas. o.j. is staying in vegas. >> avery? >> the other part of it is that the underlying premise of this is that i o.j. am so charismatic, so charming that as long as i take the stand, everything is going to be perfectly fine. you know what, yale galanter knew who his client was, knew exactly what he was doing.

the question becomes is the judge going to believe the lawyer or o.j.? even though galanter said i'm uncomfortable talking about this, o.j. waived the right of client/attorney privilege. it was his last shot and i bet you even yale understands that. it's going to go up in smoke, but yeah, he was portrayed as a crummy lawyer. did a lousy job. i don't think the judge is going to buy it. >> is this what could happen when the attorney that represents you also has some financial interests outside of the courtroom and those two things came together and there's a conflict? i heard some arguments that this kind of exemplifies that? >> absolutely perfectly. but fact is they have been good friends for a long time. and now he turned into benedict

simpson. it's not going to work. >> not buying it. richard? >> the attorney fought hard. he did everything he could to defend him in a very difficult case. this is instant karma. this is john lennon singing for o.j. the vegas case, he had a legitimate shot to beat. he was wrongfully convicted in vegas, but he got 33 years. he's not getting out in nine years. there's no way vegas is going to let him go. here's here for awhile. we'll see. >> another high profile case the jodi arias case. she is appealing to the jurors and she will do so next week trying to get them to spare her life. she was convicted of first-degree murder, that we know, for killing her ex-boyfriend travis alexander. well this week's alexander's

family told the jury what the loss meant to them and it got very e emotional. >> i am a police officer and some of these photos are more gruesome than i have ever seen in my 11 years of law enforcement. >> my brother's murder has had a major impact on me. it's even invaded my dreams. i have nightmares about somebody coming at me with a knife and then going after my wife and my daughter. >> so richard, how impactful is this kind of testimony? one would think that jurors have already made up their mind about what kind of penalty to impose. >> hopefully not because they are going to deliberate on that this week. but victim impact statements are devastating. these statements are some of the most devastating i have ever seen. one thing interesting to note from a lot of the cnn anchors watching the show and covering it, when they were watching the

impact statements, people in the audience were crying, but none of the jurors were crying, fred. none of the jurors were crying. this jury, although they are qualified, they answered the question, can you impose the death penalty, they all said they could. it's one thing to say you can do it it. it's another thing to actually do it. and otherwise there's no. >> that's a real conflict. what about arias herself? she's going to make her appeal, but people might remember that she actually went on television after her conviction. that's something that doesn't ordinarily happen. she said that the death penalty would be the ultimate freedom, but we have heard from the jury. they are doubtful of her. is this reverse psychology? is this how they would interpret that? >> fredricka, if anyone can interpret what this woman is

saying, they are houdini. this jury cannot stand her. she wants the death penalty, i think she's going to get it. i don't see that the mitt gators o outweigh thinge ing inging ing . a i think we do know what's going to happen here. >> fred, her mother is going to get on the witness stand and beg this jury to spare her daughter's life. what do you mean so what? this is a death penalty case. the mother is going to spare her daug's life. arias is to only come clean and beg for forgiveness. that's her only shot here. >> we will -- >> anymore college graduation speeches you're going to be making? you have done two already. >> i didn't get a chance to

fulfill last weekend's promise because i was so ill. i got a terrible, terrible bug. i couldn't shake it it. i had no voice. >> high profile. >> i couldn't run my mouth last weekend. i apologize to the folks at north carolina central. maybe next year. thanks, guys. appreciate it. the legal guys are here every saturday at this time to give us their take on the most intrig intriguing legal cases of the day. we look forward to hearing from them again next weekend. ♪

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tonight cnn will take you back to the day terrorism marred boston's biggest day. moments of impact tells a story from the eyes of people who were right there on the scene including a photographer who saw the suspected bomber before the

device blew. here's an excerpt. ♪ >> the images that stuck with me the most are the ones of all the people who thought nothing of themselves to run back into that scene, not knowing what was there or if it was even safe to help people, help the victims. i am a freelance photographer and i'm also a staff photographer at toughs university. this was my third straight marathon. the finish line of the the marathon is a special place. everybody there is in such high spirits because they just ran a marathon. >> i was with my girlfriend's roommates and we were having a great time. we were watching the runners. just that one guy, you know, he

didn't look like he was having a good time. he just didn't seem right. he was there and then he was gone and then boom. the next thing you know, you hear fireworks and i'm on the ground. >> you hear all this cheer iing and then a loud boom goes off. then silence. then second one went off and then it got really loud and chaotic. i knew it was bad when i saw people kicking over gaes. these are the big barriers that the police set up. people were throwing them down, running on to the course, i had never seen anything like that. >> very impactful. tonight the photographers and at least one of the victims, in

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